Sharon L. McCarthy will speak on a panel at the Federal Bar Council’s Federal Rules Update (CLE) being held on Sept. 29, 2026, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Eastern at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York City.
This year’s Federal Rules Update will cover important developments regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York Local Rules. It will also touch upon U.S. Supreme Court decisions and decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal concerning the interpretation of the federal rules.
Sharon will be joined by moderator Harold K. Gordon of Jones Day; fellow presenters U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Ferguson (SDNY), U.S. District Judge Sanket J. Bulsara (EDNY), and Fordham University School of Law Professor Daniel Capra; FBC Coordinator Gege Wang Weinberg of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP; FBC Program Committee Co-Chairs Celeste Koeleveld of Clifford Chance US LLP and Julian S. Brod of Shapiro Arato Bach LLP.
The program is free for Federal Bar Council members. For more information and to register, click here.
About Sharon
A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Sharon has extensive experience representing individuals and corporations in white-collar criminal matters, civil and criminal tax controversies, and complex commercial litigation. She is a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where she served as lead counsel and supervisor of dozens of federal criminal jury trials and argued numerous appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
